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The children appreciated the care and attention given by the
staff, whose forethought in providing typed or duplicated summaries
of places to be visited, work to be done, maps and interesting
data, added to the interest of the children in their new
surroundings.
There are excellent bathing facilities at St. Helen's and Sandown
and these were utilised to the full during the fine weather of this
summer.
The following is a programme of one of the girls' camps:—
Friday, June 15th. Journey to Sandown. Unpacking. Walk
to shore. Write home. Evening recreation.
Saturday, „ 16th. Physical activities and games on beach.
Talk on diaries. Collections. Walk by
cliffs to Shanklin.
Sunday, „ 17th. Short walk. Church or Chapel. Afternoon
on beach.
Monday, „ 18th. Physical activities and games on beach.
Talk on shells, seaweeds. Walk to Culver
Cliff collecting these.
Tuesday, „ 19th. Physical activities and games on beach.
Talk on Carisbrooke Castle and Osborne
House. Walk to Blackpan Common
collecting wild flowers.
Wednesday, „ 20th. Day trip by char-a-banc to Carisbrooke
Castle and Osborne House.
Thursday, „ 21st. Physical activities and games on beach.
Talk on Brading. Walk to Brading to see
church, stocks, whipping post, bull ring.
Little Jane's cottage.
Friday, ,, 22nd. Physical activities and games on beach.
Talk on Shanklin Chine. Walk to Shanklin
visiting Chine.
Saturday, „ 23rd. Physical activities and games on beach.
Walk to Alverstone to see old mill and
collect flowers.
Sunday, „ 24th. Short walk. Church or Chapel. Afternoon
on beach.
Monday, „ 25th. Physical activities and games on beach.
Talk on tides and winds. Walk to Yarborough
Obelisk.